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Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man

Postcards from a Young Man is a single by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released as the third single from their tenth studio album of the same name on 28 February 2011.

"Postcards from a Young Man" entered the UK Midweek Charts at 36 but dropped to 54 when the official singles chart was announced at the end of the week.

In January 2012 the vinyl version of the single was announced as the 10th best-selling 7" vinyl in the UK during 2011.

The lyrics:

I don't believe in absolutes anymore

I'm quite prepared to admit I was wrong

This life it sucks your principles away

You have to fight against it every single day

These are the postcards from a young man

They may never be written or posted again

These are the postcards from a young man

They may never be written or posted again

It is like so many other things

As distant as your former sins

So sad and lonely and so derelict

As the optimism that we once shared

These are the postcards from a young man

They may never be written or posted again

These are the postcards from a young man

They may never be written or posted again

I'll send you postcards every single day

Just to prove I still exist

This world will not impose its will

I will not give up and I will not give in

And I will not give up and I will not give in

I won't betray your confidence

I won't pretend my way was lost

This world will not impose its will

I will not give up and I will not give in